Evaluation of the asthma control test: A reliable determinant of disease stability and a predictor of future exacerbations

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 370-378

  Ko, Fanny W S ^a   Hui, David S C ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^b   Chu, Hong Yin ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^b   Tung, Alvin H M ^a   Ngai, Jenny C N ^a   Ng, Susanna S S ^a   Lai, Christopher K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

asthma; asthma control test; control; exacerbation; treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856283524     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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